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Definitions for preferred
pre·ferred
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Princeton's WordNet
preferable, preferredadjective
more desirable than another
"coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"
favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
"the favored child"
Wiktionary
preferrednoun
Preferred stock.
preferredadjective
favoured
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preferred
Preferred is generally defined as the act of liking or choosing someone or something more than someone or something else; hence considered more desirable or suitable. It refers to a choice made from a number of possibilities, typically predicated on specific criteria or personal preference. It can also refer to something that is given priority or precedence over others.
Webster Dictionary
Preferred
of Prefer
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4254
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Adjectives Frequency: #1006
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preferred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preferred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of preferred in a Sentence
Tshisekedi took a dangerous shortcut to power at the expense of the Congolese people that Felix Tshisekedi pretended to defend, kabila couldn't manipulate the polls for his preferred candidate, so he went with Tshisekedi as a Plan B because( he was) seen as manipulable. ( There's) no long-term peace and stability with faulty institutions.
At two years this is affecting clinical outcomes, what is extraordinarily interesting is if you look at these results, they really point at replacement as probably being the preferred option for this group of patients.
We began our discussions at a time when the prevailing view was that the 'Remain' campaign would succeed, an outcome we would have preferred and publicly supported.
If there is very little demand for the preferred, then it would be 70-30 in favor of the blockchain-traded stocks, this would depend on who wants to buy how much.
As president I would have preferred that we take these measures sooner, what is at stake is the credibility of the government, but most of all Colombians' confidence in the electrical system.
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- preferitCatalan, Valencian
- preferovanýCzech
- preferindaEsperanto
- preferidoSpanish
- ensisijainen, suositeltuFinnish
- préféréFrench
- disukaiIndonesian
- preferidoPortuguese
- предпочтительнымRussian
- 首选Chinese
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